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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 20, 2012 10 Comments

John Robitaille is the type of moderate Republican we constantly are told is needed to win over centrist Democrats and independents. But it's not true in Rhode Island and many other blue states. There are not enough centrist Democrats or independents willing to  consider moderate Republicans in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 27, 2012 18 Comments

For the top prize as the Worst-Run State. Via Yahoo Finance (h/t Danelle), California is the worst-run state, with Rhode Island just behind: 49. Rhode Island > Debt per capita: $9,018 (3rd highest) > Budget deficit: 13.4% (28th largest) > Unemployment: 11.3% (3rd highest) > Median household income: $53,636 (17th highest) >...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 24, 2012 13 Comments

Spotted in Rhode Island. In a town which has passed a ban on plastic bags in supermarkets: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 18, 2012 25 Comments

Cranston, Rhode Island (pronounced "Craaaaaaaanston") has given in to ACLU pressure and has banned father-daughter dances as a violation of the state anti-discrimination law. Via Providence Journal: In a move that has taken some parents by surprise, the school department has announced that it is banning traditional...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 17, 2012 26 Comments

The Southern Poverty Law Center is back in the news because of the shooting at the Family Research Council, a group the SPLC had designated a "hate group" along with the Klan and Neo-Nazis. Based on the available evidence, it is clear the shooter was motivated...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 13, 2012 13 Comments

to the rest of the country, from the only state which still celebrates it. We've change the name to disguise the purpose of the day. Because disclosing the Victory we are commemorating would be so incorrect. It's like everyone gets a trophy day. Anyway, for those of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 13, 2012 16 Comments

Saw this not far from my home in Rhode Island. Not really sure what to make of it. I can think of a few possibilities. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 06, 2012 39 Comments

and it is Ithaca, in about two weeks after a summer in Rhode Island. This is Rhode Island, at the beach near my house a few days ago at dusk: This is Ithaca, on a street near my house a few weeks ago during a short return...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2012 32 Comments

Rhode Island is being crushed by pension debt, our cities are suffocating, we're driving businesses away with regulatory minutiae, and we're hemorrhaging young people.  Oh, and we just threw away up to $75 million on a video game company run by a former baseball player. So...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 04, 2012 13 Comments

We really needed this. No, we really needed this.  We don't have a lot going for us right now. It's a small state. Everyone knows someone or at least knows someone who knows someone. Here was my reaction at the time: Rhode Island wins #MissUSA! Only 1 way...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 31, 2012 7 Comments

I've written numerous times over the past two years about the horrible fiscal mess David Cicilline (D-RI01) left behind in Providence when he was Mayor, and how he concealed the problem from voters during his 2010 congressional race. The city has been teetering on the verge...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 17, 2012 18 Comments

I haven't had much time to focus on the debacle unfolding in my home State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations over loan guarantees to a company owned by former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling. This Bloomberg story has the latest: Curt Schilling, pitching ace on the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 30, 2012 9 Comments

Rhode Island Guardsman died saving Afghan girl: According to the Rhode Island National Guard and the U.S. Army, [Spc. Dennis] Weichel was in a convoy a week ago with his unit in Laghman Province, in northeast Afghanistan. Some children were in the road in front of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 29, 2012 3 Comments

Long-time Rhode Island blogger Justin Katz, formerly of Anchor Rising, is heading up a new blog, The Ocean State Current: Managing Editor Justin Katz attracted national attention when he joined an early wave of bloggers with his site DustintheLight.com in 2002 — back when one frequently...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2012 12 Comments

Republicans can learn something from Rhode Island about standing up for taxpayers as a winning political strategy. I have written many time before about the efforts of Democratic Mayor of Providence Angel Taveras, who has taken on school teacher unions and other public sector employees in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 22, 2012 15 Comments

The long suffering people of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations elected Linc Chafee Governor in 2010, on the Independent line. When Chafee was a Republican Senator, he was ranked as the No. 1 RINO by Human Events.  Chafee lost his reelection bid in 2006 to Sheldon Whitehouse. In 2010, Chafee...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 14, 2012 19 Comments

The City of Providence, in my home State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is in dire financial trouble, as I have posted here many times before. The City, with its large tax-exempt university base and decades-long history of lush public sector benefits, has struggled under...

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